How Many People Are Named Janie?
people named Janie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,180 people in the US has this name
Based on 75,874 babies named Janie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
1,853 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JANE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Janie in English. Counting Janie and these spellings together, about 46,670 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Janie (99.7%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Janie alive today is about 60 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 47 and 75 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Janie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1947, to 1,853 babies. In 2025, 168 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Janie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #134, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #1,329.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,329 |
| Best rank | #134 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #213 in the 1950s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Janie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Janie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 9,757 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Janie was given 5 times as often in South Carolina, 3.5 times in Texas and 2.6 times in Georgia.
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